開火

Chinese

		open; operate (vehicle); start	fire; angry; fierce fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving
trad. (開火)		開	火
simp. (开火)		开	火

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kāihuǒ

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄞㄏㄨㄛˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hoi¹ fo²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khui-hé / khui-hér / khui-hóe / khai-hé / khai-hóe

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kāihuǒ
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄞㄏㄨㄛˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kaihuǒ
  - Wade–Giles: kʻai¹-huo³
  - Yale: kāi-hwǒ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kaihuoo
  - Palladius: кайхо (kajxo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hoi¹ fo²
  - Yale: hōi fó
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hoi¹ fo²
  - Guangdong Romanization: hoi¹ fo²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːi̯⁵⁵ fɔː³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khui-hé
  - Tâi-lô: khui-hé
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qui'hea
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰui⁴⁴⁻³³ he⁵³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kʰui⁴⁴⁻²² he⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khui-hér
  - Tâi-lô: khui-hér
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰui³³ hə⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khui-hóe
  - Tâi-lô: khui-hué
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qui'hoea
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰui⁴⁴⁻²² hue⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰui⁴⁴⁻³³ hue⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khai-hé
  - Tâi-lô: khai-hé
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qai'hea
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kʰai⁴⁴⁻²² he⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khai-hóe
  - Tâi-lô: khai-hué
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qai'hoea
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰai⁴⁴⁻²² hue⁵³/

Verb

開火

to open fire; to start shooting
(figuratively) to attack (verbally or in writing)

Synonyms

(to open fire):

交兵 (jiāobīng) (literary)
交戰 / 交战 (jiāozhàn)
交火 (jiāohuǒ)
交鋒 / 交锋 (jiāofēng) (figurative)
作戰 / 作战 (zuòzhàn)
廝拍 / 厮拍 (Puxian Min)
打仗 (dǎzhàng)
打響 / 打响 (dǎxiǎng)
拍戰 / 拍战 (Puxian Min, Hokkien)
挑戰 / 挑战 (tiǎozhàn)
接觸 / 接触 (jiēchù)
構兵 / 构兵 (gòubīng) (literary)
爭戰 / 争战 (zhēngzhàn)

(to attack):

打擊 / 打击 (dǎjī)
抨擊 / 抨击 (pēngjī) (verbally or in writing)
搗 / 捣 (dǎo) (literary, or in compounds)
擊 / 击 (jī)
攻取 (gōngqǔ)
攻奪 / 攻夺 (gōngduó)
攻打 (gōngdǎ)
攻擊 / 攻击 (gōngjī)
暴擊 / 暴击 (bàojī)
突擊 / 突击 (tūjī)
衝擊 / 冲击 (chōngjī)
衝鋒 / 冲锋 (chōngfēng)
襲擊 / 袭击 (xíjī)
進擊 / 进击 (jìnjī)
進攻 / 进攻 (jìngōng)

Derived terms

隔岸開火 / 隔岸开火